Wowzers. It’s been so long since I’ve popped in that I almost don’t even know where to start. If I start too far back or try to tell you everything that has happened since the last pop, you might not have time to read the whole thing before life comes to a close. Thus, I’m going to do my best to hit the highlights, hit only the highlights, and maybe go ahead and jump into this instead of continuing to elongate the intro.
Guys, my year has changed. You remember when I told you about all the crazy countries that I was going to go to over the next year of my life!? Crazy places like South Africa? China? And maybe a bit of Nicaragua? Well, as it turns out, I will not be going to any of those countries in the next 13 months as far as I know…
I obviously had begun the process of gearing up and getting ready for this crazy year. Training camp is coming up this Saturday and I was getting excited about that. I’d met some pretty great people on my trip and we’d begun walking through the completely undefined procedures associated with “becoming friends�. Then, while I was chilling out with my family one evening last week, my pants vibrated. WHOA. Don’t worry, just an email hitting my cell. I whipped that baby out of my pocket and began reading an email from one of my contacts at AIM. She was informing me that they were doing some switching ‘round and, through prayer, they had decided to ask me if I would be ok with switching to a different WR Route. The trip would still leave at the same time and get back at the same time. It was just the small factors of “where I would go� and “who I would be with� that changed. The new route was COMPLETELY different.
I didn’t really know how to feel at first. I told my fam about it and they’re responses were largely a mix of “how do YOU feel about that?� and “that could be awesome�. Honestly, it only took about 30 minutes for me to realize that I don’t really care which route I go on. I mean sure, I was excited about certain countries on the first route. Sure, I was pumped about some of the people whom I had met that I would be sharing the year with. Sure. BUT, in the end, I think I just realized that I want this year to be all about letting Jesus take me on an adventure. He gets to drive. He gets to lead me wherever He wants and I’ll just hold His hand and be excited to see where we are when He tells me to take the blindfold off and see what He has prepared for me.
SO ANYWAYS, the current WR route for Christian is as follows (apparently very subject to change):
– Ukraine
– Romania
– Nepal
– India
– Rwanda
– Tanzania
– Uganda
– Thailand
– Cambodia
– Southeast Asia (ask the Lord where we’re going this month!)
– Malaysia
I’m pretty excited about this new route honestly and the more that I think about it, the more excited that I get. I’m ready to head to training camp this weekend and start meeting the people I’ll be going with! Fortunately, a couple of the people that I’d met from my other route have switched too so I won’t be starting at scratch. Plus, the people that I have gotten to talk to a bit from my new Squad seem pretty legit.
Next up in big news. Guys I don’t know how to say this and adequately communicate the utter relief and joy that fills me as I’m able to make this next statement (though for some reason, saying I don’t know how to say it kind of seems to adequately communicate…): I PASSED THE CPA EXAM!!
This is huge!! I have poured gallons of blood and liters of sweat into passing this exam (OVERdramatic). Scholastically I can say that I have never worked as hard on anything in my life as I worked on this test and it feels amazing to have it completed. Additionally, it allows me to claim a CPA Pass Bonus through my company that is going to come in very handy when it comes to hitting my support goals. The Lord has provided. Boom.
Ok, I have more that I could continue with but I think I’m just going to call it quits here for now. Don’t want to bog you town too far. If I don’t get to get on here and finish up sharing about how God has been putting in some serious overtime in my life before I head to training camp, then just start getting VERY excited about the blog that I’m going to write after training camp. I’m expecting some spiritual insanity.
All about that love, love, love, love.
